#F8DE4F#F8DE4F

#F8DE4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.159 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8DE4F
RGB	rgb(248, 222, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 68.1%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -6.41, 70.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 70.52, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0242 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.159 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.2470, 72.7667, 17.9515)
Luminance	0.7276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8DE4F #4F69F8

analogous

#F88A4F #F8DE4F #BEF84F

triadic

#F8DE4F #4FF8DE #DE4FF8

tetradic

#F8DE4F #4FF88A #4F69F8 #F84FBE

square

#F8DE4F #4FF88A #4F69F8 #F84FBE

split-complementary

#F8DE4F #4FBEF8 #8A4FF8

monochromatic

#C5A808 #F6D314 #F8DE4F #FAE98A #FDF4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F8DE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#F8DE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8DE4F

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8DE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8DE4F	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8de4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 222, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.159 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee788',
    500: '#f8de4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8de4f;
$custom-light: #fee788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8de4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 92.35,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89729,
    "c": 0.15899,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8DE4F

secondary

#2A41C2

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8DE4F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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